Detachable handle for cooking utensils.



C. L. STAUDNGER. DETAGHABLE HANDLE FOR. COOKING UTBNSILS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 190B.

'being NirED sCrATEs Paritair enseres.'

CHAltLES L. STAUDINGER, OF MOLALLA, OREGON.

DETAHA'BLE HANDLE FOR COKING UTENSILS.

To all whom it #hay concern:

'Be it known that I, CiiARLEsL. STAUD- INGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Molalla, in the county ofV Clackamas and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Detachable Handles f'o'rvCooking Utensils, of which the following -isia specification.

This invention is an im )roved detachable handle for'cooking utensi and means for secuiing the same, the object of the invention to 4provide' a handle which may be `readily detached from'the utensil while the latter is-,on the stove to prevent the handle from becoming heated, and which` may be. readily i'efattached to the` utensil when it isV :desired to lift and handle thesame, and the i vided with a detachable handle constructed in accordance with this invention. .25

ends'with keepers 2, 3.

,said inventionconsists in the construction,

combination and arrangement of "devices hereinafter desciibed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings 2-Fi ure 1 is a side elevation of' a cooking vtensi vpro'- lower keeper 3 and is provided at its upper i end with an upwardly extending lug or arm 8. The face of the upper end of the handle 'which when the handle is in use is opposed to the utensil, is provided with a vertical recess 10 and theupstandin'g lugl 8 is provided with a vertical slot 9 which communicates with thesaid recesst A plate 4 is secured on the saidface of the upper portion of the handle andisjhere' shown as haviiigits sides out- Itumed to l`or1n .flanges 5 which are secured to the handle bynie'an's of screws or the like devices. Alvertically movable tongue 11 operates iii the recess-10 and-is provided `with an Voutstanding arm 12 which. operates in the slot Q-and extends rearwardly from the lug 8.

Specification ci.' Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application led January 10, 19 08. Serial No. 510,165.

In the upper portion of the handle is a socket 14'ii1 which is fitted the lower end oi a coil spring 13, the upper end of which spring bears under the ariu 12 and engages a stud .15 which depends from the said arm. The function ol the said si'iring is to move the tongue 11 upwardly to keep the said tongue norand hence secure the upper end ofthe handle to the utensil. ln order to detach the hanvdle, it is only 'necessary to de ress the arin 12 so as'to release the tongue 11 rom the keeper 2 and to then, after withdrawing the upper portion' of the handle froinrthe utensil, to raise the handle so as to diseiigage its lower tongue 7 from the lower keeper 3.

lt will he understood l'roni the -foregoing thatfthe-haiglle maybe lreadily atta-cned to .the utensil/and detached therefrom at will,

'i and that whilethe handle may be readily detached from the utensil by design, it can not become casually detached therefrom.

Ido net desire to limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement of devices herein shown and described, as it is evident that modifications may be made within the sco e of the ap ended claims.

isyclailned is:

1 Iii combination with a vessel having an upper kee )er and a lower keeper onv one side, a handle having a iixed tongue atits lower end to engage. the lower keeper and provided at iis u )per end iii the face opposed to said lug having a slot roiiiinuiiicating with said guide recess, a plate attached to said face ol" the handle and covering said guide recess, a slidable tongue iii said guide rei-.ess retained therein by the said plate and having an opera spring hearing between the handle and the operating device and serving to engage the slidable tongue solely with the upper keeper to retaiiithe handle in operative position.

in presence. of two witnesses.

CHARLES li. STAUDINGER. Witnesses li. D. BALL',

D. C. BALI mally in engagement with the upper keeper 2 aving thus escribed the invention, whatA lii testimony whereof l alix iny signature the vessel wit i a guide recess and a lug, ther ating device extending through the slot and l 

